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  What In Life Have You Kicked Yourself For?

  by minimus in

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  we all have wished that if we had just one more chance to make a decision and could have changed things, we would have done something differently.

  is there anything that you would have changed in your life if only you could?

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  *raising hand* Another baptized-at-eight here. I'd certainly take that back if I could.

  I had some great opportunities during college. One of my professors wanted to help me apply to Stanford for grad school. Another wanted me to assist on his research team. And I actually had a small paper approved for publication by the Association for Computing Machinery. I can't believe I turned those all down.

  Also, the time I was in college was the peak of the tech worker shortage. I could have found a well-paying job at the drop of a hat. (I did, in fact, the one time I looked for one.) Instead, I went to work for my dad, so that we could start a business that would enable me to pioneer when I finished college. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

  I also decided to pioneer the last year that I was in college. On the one hand, I'm kinda glad I did that, so I could be more confident that I'd tried what the borg had to offer. I did make some wonderful friendships (although I suppose I'll have to give them all up ), and had a fantastic time at pioneer school. And ironically enough, pioneer school was actually what set me off on my journey out of the org. On the other hand, I pretty much collapsed physically, emotionally, financially, and academically that year.

  I guess that it took what happened to bring me to the point where I am right now. But I wish I didn't have to learn the hard way.
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  How Did You Become Irregular and Then Inactive As A Publisher?

  by minimus in

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  did you suddenly just stop reporting time?

  did you do it gradually???

  what reaction did you get from the elders when you missed your first month reporting time?

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  Now that sounds awesome! Have a martini on me, min.
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  Seventy years Desolation- History or Myth

  by scholar in

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  2. bible

  a new book has just been published on judean history in the neo- babylonian period.

  the title is judah and the judeans in the neo -babylonian period by obed lipschitz joseph blenkinsopp, april, 2003. it is hardcover of over 600 pages and is published by eisengraums.

  the isbn is 1575060736 and can be purchased from amazon books.. this book is based on a colloquim of international scholars who met at a conference at the university of tel aviv, may, 2001 and discussed the above subject.

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  JCanon... would you by any chance be known as DC on another site?
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  The 10 point resolution adopted at the 2003 District Conventions

  by crownboy in

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  as most of you probably already know, from time to time the watchtower society likes to use district conventions as a platform for adopting silly resolutions, which more than likely are forgotten by the people who gave their approval to it by the time they leave the parking lot of the convention.

  this year, during the final talk of the convention (talk entitled: "keep bearing much fruit to jehovah's glory"), a ten point resolution was adopted, with all the baby seal-like clapping following its adoption.

  here's the main jist of the ten points (i didn't copy it word for word):.

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  Euphemism

  What the heck is supposed to be the point of these 'resolutions', anyway? There's nothing in them to inspire passion, they're for internal consumption so they're not going to be distributed to outsiders... it's just utterly pointless, even beyond the pointlessness of the convention itself.

  Seriously... it's not even like resolutions are a tradition, something that they automatically have every year. Why on earth do you think that they decided: "Hey, this year, let's have a resolution"?
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  Need an Ordained Minister in the Dallas area!

  by pr_capone in

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  as i'm sure you have already read.... jesika and i are to be wed. if anyone here is or knows of an ordained minister of jop who would be willing to preside over our nuptuals for a low to no charge it would be greatly appreciated.. please send me an email to [email protected] with any information that might help us.

  as i am switching to active duty at the moment i have had a momentary stop in pay that is causing us to tighten our belt for just a bit.. please let us know asap.

  kansas district overbeer

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  Euphemism

  You know, not all female dogs are bad, either...

  (With aplogoies to asleif)
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  I'm a lurker no more......

  by Betsy in

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  hi everyone - just wanted to introduce myself.

  i posted a hi over in personal experiences, but thought i'd elaborate here..... i was raised a jw in delaware, ohio.

  you know, i was that girl all the old ones in the cong liked because i was kind to them and pioneered.

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  I'm impressed, Betsy! You seem to have been a lot more free of the mind-control than I was when I was pioneering.

  Congrats on the peanut, and welcome to JWD!
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  Need an Ordained Minister in the Dallas area!

  by pr_capone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i'm sure you have already read.... jesika and i are to be wed. if anyone here is or knows of an ordained minister of jop who would be willing to preside over our nuptuals for a low to no charge it would be greatly appreciated.. please send me an email to [email protected] with any information that might help us.

  as i am switching to active duty at the moment i have had a momentary stop in pay that is causing us to tighten our belt for just a bit.. please let us know asap.

  kansas district overbeer

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  I didn't realize JOP's charged $100!

  There are sites that provide free ordinations... universalministries.com and spiritualhumanism.org are two. Then again, Texas law may not require a formal ordination... it may just require you to register with the county clerk or something. So if you have a friend who would do it for you, that's an option to consider.
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  Guilt and Infidelilty

  by lisavegas420 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  recently a poster shared with us that her father had committed infidelity.

  then 3-5 years later, decides he can no longer live with the guilt and confesses to his wife.

  he alone with his actions turned the entire family upside down.

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  Well, put me down with Englishman on this on. Personally, if my fiancee were to be unfaithful to me, I would rather know; and if I were to stray, I would tell her. We're both very forgiving people... but we're also very open with each other, and I don't think that either of us could take hiding something that important from each other.

  I'm not saying that in this case it was necessarily the right thing for him to do. What I am saying, however, is that I'm more surprised by the reaction than by the confession.
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  Delurk

  by Euphemism in

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  2. friends

  well, this isn't quite a delurk, since i've made several posts already.

  but i figured it was worth introducing myself anyway.. i'm 21 years old, and was raised a dub.

  had very loyal and active dub parents... there was just no question growing up that i was going to pioneer, reach out for privileges, etc.

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  Euphemism

  Thanks, everybody! I'm really enjoying being here. In fact, I think I'm addicted...

  Welcome, Neo and Trinity

  LOL *bends your light-saber beam*
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  Shining As Illuminators - New Pioneer School Book

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  hi everyone, i heard this first hand, although it remains unofficial at this point.. pioneers who are currently serving, will get the new replacement to the old pioneer book (1977).

  i was told they most likely would go back to pioneer school to get one.

  there is new information in there, though i wasn't told what it was.. bad news is (if you can call it that), that pioneers who are no longer on the list will not get the new book.

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  Euphemism

  This is official; it's being announced at the conventions this year.

  What's with the secret books, anyway? I understand that in the case of the Flock book, there's actually stuff there that they want to hide. But I can't imagine that there's anything non-innocuous in the pioneer school textbook! Is it a cost-saving measure? Or is it a way to make pioneers feel like they're part of an exclusive club?